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Can you briefly explain how the legal team is structured, highlighting key individuals and their role within the department? Aside from general counsel Central America and the Caribbean Zamira Zapata...
Led by New York-based general counsel Timothy Chow, Diageo’s Latin America and Caribbean legal team is a brand protection powerhouse. Given the huge range of products Diageo produces, with a...
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In the last year, Diageo’s Mexico legal team has consulted on the US$400m acquisition of Tequila Don Julio as part of the firm’s larger investment plans in the country. The...
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British-headquartered multinational beverages company Diageo owns some of the most famous alcoholic brands in the world. Heading the legal team of Diageo’s Mexican subsidiary is Zamira Zapata who, within five...
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One of the premier alcoholic distillers in the world, and until April 2017 the largest alcoholic beverage company globally by market capitalisation, UK-headquartered Diageo boasts an enviable range of brands....
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Diageo produces some of the world’s most iconic drink brands and Africa makes up 12% of the multinational’s net global sales, a sizeable proportion which its legal team in the...
With some of the world’s best known brands in its portfolio including Guinness, Smirnoff and Ciroc, global alcoholic drinks producer Diageo has a worldwide presence including notable operations in Central...
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Diageo is the number one premier alcoholic distiller in the world boasting an enviable range of brands with more than 180 different products. The company’s operation in Colombia is one...
The in-house legal team at drinks multinational Diageo has a sprawling global mandate: the company’s 140 lawyers cover the 180 countries it does business in, all from 40 countries where...
Guinness in Cameroon has a history dating back to the 19th century, when European traders first brought stout to the African continent. The traditional Irish alcoholic beverage has since become...
Diageo’s ownership of major Irish brands Guinness and Baileys Irish Cream means it occupies a special place in the Irish business landscape. Indeed, regional counsel, Richard Kindred mentions that perhaps the most eye-catching deals the legal team haves supported in the past year are related to the various developments at the St James’ Gate brewery site made famous as the home of Guinness: ‘We announced the construction of a new Roe & Co whiskey distillery in the former Guinness Power Station at St. James’ Gate, and have also announced a €16m expansion to the Guinness Storehouse to ensure it can continue to be the most popular tourist attraction in Ireland. Finally, we announced plans to develop 12.6 acres of its St James’ Gate site to create a dynamic mixed-use urban district consisting of residential, office and commercial spaces. This has required us to undertake oversight of significant property, planning and construction work as well as taking care of licensing and other regulatory matters’. Internally, the Diageo legal function prides itself on following general counsel Siobhán Moriarty’s four As of Ability, Affability, Availability and Affordability, which inform all aspects of its work. It is rolling out a number of new technological solutions to increase its effectiveness, including ‘a new fees, invoice and tender management system which allows us to view new tenders in real time as they appear’. Kindred explains that ‘this also allows panel firms to see a project instantly and bid for it electronically, streamlining this process as well’.
Legal and corporate security director – South, West and Central Africa
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